The 10 best jazz albums of 2023
Nikki Iles affirmed her flawless ear, Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke finished each other’s sentences and Tyshawn Sorey rewrote standard-song interpretation • More on the best music of 2023• More […]
Month: December 2023
The 10 best contemporary albums of 2023
There was soothing minimalism and bowel-quaking low end as Neil Gaiman got some wonderfully quizzical accompaniments and Manchester’s answer to Sun Ra freaked out• More on the best music of […]
JazzWeek Top 100 for 2023: Ed Cherry is No. 1
No. 1 for airplay on the 2023 JazzWeek Top 100 chart is Ed Cherry Are We There Yet? (Cellar Music Group). At No. 2 is Antonio Adolfo Bossa 65 Celebrating […]
‘Joni Mitchell said she felt as awkward as me’: Brittany Howard on poverty, chaos, Alabama Shakes and fame
The Alabama Shakes frontwoman became the toast of music’s A-list – so why did she feel so miserable? She reveals the grief and heartbreak she overcame to make her stellar […]
Ambrose Akinmusire: Owl Song review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
(Nonesuch)The California-raised trumpet virtuoso provides a balming trio album to counter our information overload The news that Ambrose Akinmusire likes owls comes as no surprise once you start pondering the […]